F minor
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Andrew Clements, a music critic for the London Guardian, described the rendition on that album of Schubert’s Fantasia in F minor as “one of the greatest piano-duet recordings of all time.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022
The four piano chords that anchor the verses, and which are the only accompaniment for the opening minute, move from F minor to C sharp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2015
After intermission the excellent pianist Jon Kimura Parker joins the group for a performance of Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2015
It was originally in F minor, and it never comes down to the one chord, the F minor chord is never stated.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2013
It is in a curious minor mode, almost F minor, but wanting the leading note, which is replaced by E flat.
From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Walter Jekyll
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